Google Press Event - Chromecast

[Bob Newhart]

Ordered online, did in-store pickup.. didn't get a regular register receipt, just the full-sized piece of paper saying what I had picked up.  Nothing was on any of the online order confirmation e-mails either.

 

-Mike

 

You should get an email from Best Buy with a link to get your digital download with the title "Your digital product is ready to download", gives you a link to get your code.

 

It is an ok device, maybe it will get better.

 

Playing Netflix from the phone isn't very user friendly.

I found that the PS3-Netflix app integration is a lot smoother.

[mikejeep]

I contacted Best Buy today and got an immediate response telling me the codes are taking about a week to get sent, but I will be getting one.  That's cool.

 

Streaming through the YouTube app on my phone and website on my laptop seem to work well for me.  I think all of it will improve over time; clearly the public has an interest in a device like this so I have no doubt that Google will put a lot of effort into it.

 

-Mike

[Bob Newhart]

My ISP speed is very poor, less than 0.6 Mbps most days, so that is why it is pretty laggy when controlling the video.

It isn't meant to handle less than great (i.e: CenturyLink DSL) connections it seems.

[Bob Newhart]

I have this error on mine too.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1jdenw/psa_if_you_have_netflix_read_this_before_updating/

 

Where when using the app, the phone just hangs and the screen never turns on.

I could only fix this by powering off, then on again.

[dstar2002]

You can set it up with your phone, you don't have to use a pc, even with a wifi encrypted pw, you can still set it up.

 

I see it going places, I bet apps will build the SDK in at a very fast pace. The fact that ios and android can do it will really be sweet.

 

I think they should build in full device mirroring, not just for browsers. Being able to stream my S3 or ipad to any modern tv is a game changer.

 

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